Folding ironing-board



(No Model.)

0. R. BUNNER.

FOLDING IRONING BOARD.

No. 559,929. Patented May 12, 1896.

IINTTED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

OSA R. BUNNER, OF IRUNTYTOWVN, VEST VIRGINIA.

FOLDING lRONING-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559,929, dated May 12,1896. Application filed February 13, 1896. Serial No. 579,124. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OSA R. BUNNER, acitizen of the United States,residing at Pruntytown, in the county of Taylor and State of lVestVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FoldingIroning- IBoards; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invent-ion has relation to improvements in folding ironing-boards,and the object is to provide an ironing-board adapted to be sustainedupon hinged brackets turning in supports adapted to be fastened to avertical surface, and which may be folded into a small space when not inuse and readily and conveniently extended and arranged upon the bracketsas desired for use.

Another object is to provide such an implement or apparatus with aconvenient case or receptacle to contain the utensils necessary inironing.

I have fully and clearly illustrated my invention in the accompanyingdrawings, of which- Figure l is a perspective view of my inventionsecured in position and arranged for use. Fig. 2 is a detail view of oneof the hingebrackets. Fig. 3 is a detail side view of one of theboard-supports, showing the pintles upon which it turns. Fig. 4: isadetail view of the board folded and sustained by the bracket.

A A designate duplicate supports, consisting of a base-plate 1, providedwith screwholes at convenient points through which screws may beprojected into a vertical surface, substantially as indicated in thedrawings, and provided with projecting lugs 1 2, formed with pintlesockets or holes 3 4, in which the pintles of the board-support are heldand turn, and also formed with open end slots 5 5, adapted to receivethe plate of the board-support and thereby prevent lateral displacementof said turning-brackets.

l3 l3 designate duplicate board supports or brackets, consisting ofplates 7 8, provided at their upper and lower rear portions with pintles0 10, respectively, adapted to fit in the pintle sockets or holes 3 4,and thereby held at such a distance from the end as to allow the boardto swing down and hang vertically, as shown.

C designates the ironing-board, composed of four pieces or sections 131t 15 16, hinged together, so that when the board is extended out fiatthe meeting ends of the sections will abut against each other and keepthe board braced in extended position and against sagging below ahorizontal line. The section 13 is substantially the same length as thesection ll, and when in folded position these sections lie flat againsteach other, and the section 15 is made short to constitute an end orturndown section to permit the folded sections 13 and 14 to be turned upsubstantiallyparallel to the section 16, as shown in Fig. at of thedrawings. To keep the sections of the board in folded position, one endof a link or strap 17 is connected to the section 1% and the other enddetachably fastened to the section 16, substantially as shown.

To the turning bracket or support 13 is secured a box 18, provided witha lid 19, hinged thereto in any suitable manner, the purpose of the boxbeing to provide a convenient and ready receptacle for the ironingutensils, which are to be kept in the box. 7

The whole apparatus or device comprises a handy and convenient means forthe purpose intended, and when not in use the board can be folded up, asshown, and the brackets may be removed, or, as is generally the case,turned back against the wall out of the way. The board is located on itssupports to lie a convenient distance from the wall, so as to provide aspace to permit the articles being ironed and room to hang down behindthe inner edge of the board.

The brackets when in use with the board in position are prevented fromturning in their bearings by the engagement of the rear edge portions inthe slots 5 5, as shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

An ironing board, comprising supports adapted to be secured to avertiealsurface and formed with upper and lower projections provided withpintle-sockets and open end slots in their upper edges, ironing-boardbrackets form ed with pintles to take in the pintleholes of the saidsupports and to engage in the open end slots ,and formed with aboard-recess in their upper ends, an ironing-board C0111- posed ofsections hinged together, and links to connect one end of the board toone of the turning-brackets, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

OSA R. RUNNER. Vitnesses:

O. F. JOHNSON, L. S. JOHNSON.

